Kristi McMains said there was no security or cameras in the area where she was attacked.

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Updated: 5:15 PM EST Jan 23, 2017

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WEBVTT THAT MADE THE GARAGEUNSAFE.>> HE WOULD HAVE KILLED ME.HE WOULD HAVED ME, KILLED ME.I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUTWHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THEMEANTIME.>> KRISTI McMAINS VIVIDLYREMEMBERS WHAT HAPPENED LASTJANUARY 26.SHE WAS WALKING TO HER CAR ATTHE FOURTH STREET LIVE PARKINGGARAGE AFTER FINISHING HER WORKDAY AT A NEARBY LAW FIRM.SHE NOTICED A MAN STAYING ONPACE WITH HER AND FOLLOW HERINTO THE ELEVATOR.SHE SAYS HE GOT OFF ON THE SAMEFLOOR.AS SHE RAN TO HER CAR, HEFOLLOWED.>> I GOT BODY TACKLED, THESTRONGEST HIT I'VE EVEREXPERIENCED IN MY ENTIRE LIFEAND FELL AND IMPACTED MY ABWITH THE BEGAN.>> JOHN GANOBCIK WAS THEATTACKER.>> HE STARTED DEMANDING THAT IGET IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT,WAS LIFTING MY LEGS UP.I HAD HOLES IN THE BACK OF HIGHTIGHTS FROM HIS HANDS TEARING,YOU KNOW, LIFTING MY LEGS UPAND OVER.>> McMAINS PUT HER HAND INHIS FACE AND SHE SHE WOULD GIVEHIM MONEY.INSTEAD OF MONEY, SHE GRABBEDHER GUN WHICH SHE HAD ACONCEALED CARRY PERMIT FOR ANDSHOT HIM.>> I DID NOT WANT TO KILLSOMEBODY THAT NIGHT.I PRAYED FOR HIM.I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE KILLEDMYSELF.>> NOW SHE IS SUING THE OWNERSOF THE GARAGE, SAYING WHATHAPPENED COULD HAVE BEENPREVENTED WITH SECURITY.>> ONE PERSON SITTING THEREGUARDING THE FLOOR, HE WOULDN'THAVE ATTACKED ME.>> SHE SAYS THE LAWSUIT ISN'TABOUT PUNISHMENT.IT'S ABOUT SAVING LIVES.>> SIMPLE CORRECTIONS.SIMPLE ADDITIONS, SMALL

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Kristi McMains said there was no security or cameras in the area where she was attacked.

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McMains said there were not video cameras where the attack happened and no security guards in the area.

"He would have killed me. He would have kidnapped me, killed me, and I don't want to think about what would happen in the meantime," McMains said.

The attack happened January 26, 2016 when McMains walked to her car parked in the Fourth Street Live parking garage.

McMains said a man was walking at the same pace and followed her into the elevator.

The man exited the elevator on the same floor, and reportedly followed McMains to her car.

"I got body tackled the strongest hit I've ever felt in my entire life and felt an impact at my abdomen with the knife," she said. "He started demanding that I get in the passenger seat. He was lifting my legs up. I had holes in the back of my tights from his hands tearing, lifting my legs up and over."

McMains said she put her hand in the man's face and told him she had money in her purse.